Between 2000 and 2009, 203 breeding adults and 77 juvenile Redshanks were colour-ringed in meadows along the DutchWaddenSeacoast of North-Holland The study is
conducted in two areas to determine if there is a difference between survival and reproductive success in nature reserve areas and in agricultural areas with
nature management schemes.

Overall breeding success varied between years from 25,53 to 58,49% while between 43 to 64 nests were followed. Chick-survival can be improved by
sympathetic mowing schedules, creating wet-grassland-areas, and other protection methods in the standard agricultural world. Used catching methods are a landing net and
walk-in-traps. We used the program MARK for measuring survival and resighting rates. The selected model depends on sex and age for resighting rate p: For 1st years birds
the resighting rate was 0.16 (0.04-0.49). Adult males showed a resighting rate of 0.95 (0.91-0.98), for females this turned out to be 0.86 (0.81-0.90). The apparent
survivale rate depends of age and year, with no effect of transients. First years birds mean survival rate was 0.24 (0.13-0.41). For adults mean survival rate between
2000-2009 was 0.83 (0.80-0.86). During these ten years of studying Redshanks, they were highly site-faithful to their breeding territories.

So we can say more about breeding site fidelity, natal philopatry, dispersal and pair courtship. The avarage dispersal for juveniles (n=32) is 2,123 meter. Mean dispersal for
males(n=19) is 1,746 meter and for females(n=9) 2,713 meter and ranged between 82 and 9,660 meter. Mean duration of pair bonds(n=118) was 3.24 years. The reasons for
stopped pairbonds can be analysed. In 65.26% of the cases one of the partners did not return, for 6.32% the reason was a disappearce of both partners and in 28.42% a
divorce was involved. Divorces occurred in 60% of the cases after a year with hatching succes, while the mean hatching succes overall in years was 43%.
Experienced pairs use their knowledge to raise their young successfully. This study will be continued in the next ten years.